https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11167
- Referring to new gene sequences, and thus to new heritable information, caused by gene crossovers, occurring naturally in either meiosis or mitosis, or constructed artificially for the purpose of introducing a new trait into an organism or cell line.
- In immunology, random scrambling of specific gene sequences to produce the vast array of possible immunoglobulin and T cell receptor sequences required to recognize, potentially, all possible antigens.